Garage Sale Day!

Whew! Boy am I beat! One of my really good friends from Houma, Kim Nealy, and her husband Steve came up from the bayou last night so that we could prepare for a big garage sale. While pricing and setting up last night, we had to come inside several times to get relief from the heat. Now, mind you, it was around 8:30-9:00 at night. So, it wasn't like it was in the middle of the day. The humidity was tremendous! We finally got everything set up and ready for the big sale. We probably got to sleep around 12:30 a.m. We both were up around 3:00 a.m. because we were just not able to sleep for one reason or another. So, finally around 5:30 we decided to go ahead and get up, get the coffee pot going, and get at it. We opened the garage doors at 6:15 because people were already parked outside waiting. Before we began, we prayed over the sale, and asked that God would send the right people, let us get what we need for our things, and if someone came along that needed help or was in need that He would let us know. We had this little double headboard that we tried to get rid of all day long. We were practically begging people to buy and we could not sell it. Toward the end of the sale, we still had quite a few clothes left and several knick-knacks that had not sold. Two people ( they came separately) came up and we said that after them we were closing shop. One of them took most of the left-over knick-knacks for her little booth at the Flea Market and the other took most of the left-over clothes. When the clothes lady was walking out she asked us what we were going to do with the headboard and we told her that we were probably just going to put it at the road. She asked if she could take it because someone that she knows just lost everything in a fire. We really felt like those last two people were who needed to be last so that we would be able to give that headboard to someone in need. It was really neat.

Well, it's time for some much needed rest! I'm gonna go kick up my heels for a while before I retire for the evening!

I am just sitting down after a day of working in my classroom. I am so glad to be back at Hosanna this year. I will be teaching 5th grade. It will be very enjoyable. They boys are actually excited about going back to school. They can't wait to see all of their friends. They really missed being away from them last year during my stint in public school.

I spent the day yesterday with 3 of my very good friends from Hosanna. We had fruit, veggies, muffins, brownies, chips and salsa, chips and cheese dip, and best of all...a chocolate fountain! We had so much fun eating our healthy fruit with chocolate slathered all over it. We pretty much ate all day. We watched the movie "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants". It's a chick movie, but it's very good. Then we just sat around the rest of the day talking and laughing. At around 5:00 I had to leave to go to the church for our ladies' "Pamper Night". To hear more about it you can check out my pastor's blog at www.dinorizzo.com. He has pictures and tells more about it. We culminated our evening by going out afterwards for some real food at Olive Garden. There was more talking and even more laughing. It's so nice to have such great friends!

Logan lost a tooth tonight so the Tooth Fairy will be visiting. So, it's off to bed for all of us or the Tooth Fairy may just forget! This is his third tooth. He was eating chips and salsa when it finally came out. He let the restaurant know. I think it took him by surprise. Well, until then...

Well, here we go. My first blog entry. Let's all see how this thing progresses. Hopefully it will only get better.

I've been working in my new classroom all week. I'm back at Hosanna and I couldn't be more excited! I'll be teaching 5th grade this year. After 9 years in 3rd grade, I'm ready for this change. I can't believe school begins in less than 3 weeks. The boys are really excited because they will be with all of their friends again. They missed it very much.

I have to go to Blue Bayou tomorrow. Not looking forward to it. The only thing that makes it easier is that I will be going with some friends so I will have some company. I really don't like going, but we've only been twice this summer so I guess I can do it.